Manitoba Books Awards/Les Prix du livre du Manitoba was the premiere annual book awards for

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from 1988 to 2023. Originating in 1988, an award gala was usually held in April in

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, celebrating the best of Manitoba writing and publishing from the previous year. Depending on the year, there were several awards conferred, as some of the awards were only bestowed biannually. The awards were co-produced by the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers and the Manitoba Writers' Guild. Awards include the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, the

Margaret Laurence Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-pr ...

Award for Fiction, the

Carol Shields Carol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel ''The Stone Diaries'', which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as t ...

Award for best Winnipeg book, the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, the

Alexander Kennedy Isbister Alexander Kennedy Isbister (June 1822 – 28 May 1883) was born at Cumberland House, Rupert's Land (now Saskatchewan). He was an HBC employee in his early career and later was a lawyer and an educational writer and author of many school books. ...

Award for Non-Fiction, the

McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award The McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award is associated with the Manitoba Book Awards and was established in 1988. It is presented to the Manitoba writer whose adult English language book is judged the best written. The author receives a cash awar ...

and others. Past winners include

Miriam Toews Miriam Toews (; born 1964) is a Canadian writer and author of nine books, including '' A Complicated Kindness'' (2004), '' All My Puny Sorrows'' (2014), and '' Women Talking'' (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governo ...

David Bergen David Bergen (born January 14, 1957) is a Canadian novelist. He has published eleven novels and two collections of short stories since 1993 and is currently based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His 2005 novel ''The Time in Between'' won the Scoti ...

Joan Thomas Joan Thomas (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist and book reviewer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Biography Thomas grew up in Carberry, Manitoba and later worked as a freelance journalist and book reviewer for ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''Winnipeg Fre ...

, W.P. Kinsella,

and others.

Winners

References

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External links

Manitoba Book Awards, official website
Manitoba awards Awards established in 1988 1988 establishments in Manitoba First book awards Canadian non-fiction literary awards Canadian literary awards Canadian poetry awards Canadian fiction awards Canadian children's literary awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers Illustrated book awards Publisher awards Literary festivals in Manitoba Culture of Winnipeg